Landing-net.



Patented Sept. 9, |902.

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lLANDING NET.

I'Application filed Jan. 11l 1902.)

(No Model.)

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ZNVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn,

THADDEUS S. COFFIN, OF REVEREQMASSACHIISETTS.

LANDING-NET..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,797, dated September Q, 1902. Application tiled January 11, IQZ. Serial No. 89,259. (No model.) I

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THADDEUs S. COFFIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Revere, in the county of Suffolk and State of ll/Iassachusetts,have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Landing-Nets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to landing-nets used by fishermen and to nets used for other simi lar purposes; and it consists in the novel construction and combination .of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of the landing-net. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail plan View of the joint-bracket of the net-frame. Fig. 4 is a side view of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan view similar to Fig. 3, but shows the joint folded.

'Fig 6 is a detail plan View of the joint-hinge.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the same. Fig. Sis a plan view similaito Fig. 6, but shows the hinge folded.

A is a tubular telescopic handle, and B is a forked bracket formed of two similar halfhrackets secured to the top of the'handle. The bracket B has guide-openings b and a stop b at its middle part.

C represents hooked catches which project from the ends of the bracket B.

D D are the springbars of the frame which' support-s the netE. The adjacentendportions of the bars D D are pivoted together by pins d, and d indicates stop-pins which project from the bars D and engage with holesin the bars D', so that the bars are retained in alinement. The bars are formed of spring-steel, so that they can be bent to form a hoop and so that the pins d' can be sprung into their holes. Each bar D has an arm F secured to it, and each arm F has two lateralprojectionsfand two lateral projections f'. The projectionsfare slidable in the guide-openings b of the forked bracket, and the projections f' engage with the hooked catches C. When the projections f are sprung into the catches, the projections f hear against the stop b', so that the spring-bars are secured in their bent or hoop-shaped form to the bracket B.

G is a hinge which connects the adjacent end portions of the spring-bars D. One hinge member g has a pin g', and the other hinge member h has a slot h', which can be slid upon the pin g'. The hinge member g has also a notch 2'., and the hinge member 7i. has a projection t" for engaging with the notch i when the bars are arranged in their hoopshaped form.

When thelanding-nei is to be folded up, the projectionsf are sprung downward out of the hooked catches C one side at a time and are moved upward past the ends of the hooked catches. This releases the projections f, which are free to slide loosely in the guideopenings. The arms F are then free to slide in the forked bracket. The members of the hinge G are then slid upon each other, so that the projection t" leaves the notch 7l, tlie'slot h permitting this relative movement of the hinge members. The hinge members can then turn on their pivot-pin, so that the pairs of bars D D are no longer retained in hoopshaped form, but may be sprung together so as to lielat and parallel with'each other. The pins d are then sprung out of their holes, and the bars D' are turned on their pivotpins CZ, so that they lie close to the bars D. The bars D and D' are then swung around bodily, so that they lie alongside the telescopic handle, the sections of which have been pushed in, so that the device folds up into a very small space and can be carried very conveniently.

l. In alanding-net, the combination, with ahandle,and a forked bracket secu red thereto and provided with guide-spaces and hooked catches; of a foldable frame formed of pivotallyconnected spring-bars provided with arms which slide in the said forked bracket and have projections for engaging with the said guide-spaces and catches, substantially as set forth.

2. In a landing-net, the combination, with ahandle,and a forked brackctsecured thereto and provided with guide-spaces and hooked catches; of a su pportfor the net provided with arms which slide in the fork of the said bracket and have projections for engaging with the said guide-spaces and catches, substantially as set forth.

3. In a landing-net, the combination, with a hande,and a forked bracket secu red thereto and provided with a stop at its middle part, and having also guide-spaces arranged at each side of and above the stop, and catches at its ends; of a support for the net provided with arms Whichslide in the fork of the said bracket and have projections which engage with the said guide-spaces, stop and catches, substantially as set forth.

4. In a landingmet, the combination, with ahandle, a forked bracket formed of two similar half-brackets, and means for securing the said half-brackets together and to the handle,

said forked bracket being provided with :5

guide-spaces and catches, substantially as set 2o forth.

In testimony whereof I afi-1X my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THADDEUS S. COFFIN.

Witnesses:

ALICE J. MURRAY, FRED. K. DAGGETT. 

